Eunuch Lou was going back and forth with her, and found that Madam Cao had a bad reputation but was also a fastidious person. He felt certain in his heart, and he quickly said politely: "Where, Madam Cao has been talking about you in the palace, and Sister Lu and Sister Fan have never failed to mention you.
At that time, everyone said that Miss Cao was very capable and efficient in everything she did. I expected that this time our empress would be the most dignified among the clan members at the suburban ceremony."
She also laughed, because she had no choice but to grab a temporary resting place in Zijin Temple's Zhuangzi for Song Liangdi.
Mr. Gu is not easy to get close to.
"This is Master Baihu—?"
"This is Song Baihu, the empress's cousin and the imperial concubine's biological brother."
"Oh, my little eyes are clumsy, it turns out to be Uncle Guo."
How could Song Weiren be worthy of such a title? Hearing Cao Xiwan's introduction, he quickly dismounted and met Eunuch Lou.
While he was chatting, he took a chance to take a look at Cao Xiwan.
He thought, it was exactly what his mother said.
The second wife always asked him to talk to Cao Xiwan and not to show off the young master. She said that Mrs. Cao had a wide network of female officials in various houses and was well-informed. It would be convenient for him to choose a good marriage in the future, and Princess Shang would be the guest of honor.
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"Xiao Liu, if you want your husband and wife to be harmonious in the future, you must have someone willing to help you. If you have met a good-natured clan noble daughter, my mother will help you to see each other and propose marriage. Of course your eldest sister and second sister can ask for help.
But that’s the last thing you need. Don’t make excuses in front of Xiaowan. Remember?”
"Yes, mother, I understand."
The group of people met, chatted and laughed, got back on their carriages and horses, and headed out of the city gate in the snow.
Cao Xiwan squinted behind the curtains and saw countless messy footprints in the snow on the official road outside the city. All they had to do was follow them.
The princess's mausoleum is temporarily located in the north of the city, at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain.
Eunuch Lou knew this very well. He had traveled dozens of miles to the countryside almost every day for the past two months, busy wrangling with the Ministry of Rites and the Clan's Mansion.
"It is only three miles away from Taizu's Xiaoling Mausoleum. There is a cemetery for the palace concubines. I plan to stop there temporarily. We will discuss it after the mountain tomb under the east palace is built."
While I was talking, the sky, which was originally lightly snowy and sunny, gradually became windy and the snow became heavy.
Superintendent Lou looked up at the sky on horseback and said hey without saying anything, but Cao Xiwan knew that it would not be good if the weather deteriorated.
All the nobles walked to pay their respects. Not to mention Empress Song, even the little grandson walked in the snow.
She asked: "We have to walk forty-six miles."
"right."
"Eunuch Lou, you go and follow my wife first. It's easier here." She smiled.
As soon as I walked two miles away, I saw a fork in the official road, filled with carriages and horses from various prefectures.
The servants of each government took a long detour like them, urging the empty carriages and horses to move forward, all of them working hard.
But how much faster can it be in heavy snow?
Eunuch Lou had a grimace on his face: "My queen said it was all my fault if anything happened. How dare I?"
She and Song Weiren looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.
Song Weiren was surprised that the eldest sister was so strong now.
Cao Xiwan quietly said to Xiliu: "The eldest lady is very fierce."
She had noticed before that the eldest lady looked weak, but in the big room, the girls she grew up with were told by the servants in each room that she would look for something to cause trouble the next day.
He calmly tidied it up and went back.
"She didn't even complain to the old lady. I think if I beat her, it would be in vain."
"..." Lou Xiliu looked at her speechlessly. She was actually not as good as her, Lou Xiliu. Miss Song is obviously an ordinary woman, okay?
She actually wanted to bully the weak and beat them up.
She, Lou Xiliu, never bullies ordinary women.
Cao Xiwan originally wanted to take the lead and go to the hot spring at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain to lie down and sleep. However, when she saw servants from various houses and generals crowding around her along the way, she felt it was a bit too chaotic.
After walking for more than a mile, I saw from a distance the clan members, officials, and ministers struggling to move forward in the snow on another road.
In the wind, you can still hear some clan members scolding Qin Tiansi for choosing such a bad day. The wind and snow are so strong that they want to freeze to death.
"I'm afraid there will be chaos. It's too weak for my wife to spank a child, and my grandson is a child. How can I bear it?" she said to Eunuch Lou.
How many of the clan members in each government are not delicate?
What's more, when she was a child in Yanjing City, she saw the funeral of the eldest son of the Song family. It was also winter and it was so chaotic. She suffered a big loss and was abducted by a kidnapper.
The current national funeral is so overwhelming that it is many times larger than the grandpa's funeral.
After discussing with Lou Deshun, she decided to leave the car and ride horses together.
"Let's go to the front. Three miles away, I occupied a small courtyard of the Earth Temple. There are charcoal fires for eating and drinking. I also paid for two good friends from Taiyuan Hospital to have tea there." She looked calm.
, feeling that he had foresight, "I am weak and it is not convenient for me to travel long distances. I have to rest from time to time. Don't blame me for being troublesome, Mr. Lou."
"Where, where -!" Eunuch Lou was overjoyed and admired endlessly. This Madam Cao was indeed a two-generation slave in the Empress's room in the Hou Mansion. Even if she was serving as an errand for the Empress and Grandson, she still had to bear the title.
, not to implicate the master.
But Lou Xiliu and Song Weiren both heard it, and she might be telling the truth.
On the official road, Liangdi was dressed in mourning clothes, holding her grandson, who was also wearing linen and wearing mourning, walking step by step.
There was snow on his feet, and even though the leading eunuch had swept away the snow, there was still ice on the road. The grandson's face turned blue from the cold. He was tired from walking and slipped, but Liangdi hugged him.
Dong Gong looked back and Song Liangdi knew that she couldn't stop.
There were all the clan members and officials behind him. If there were rumors about his unfilial piety, it would not only be detrimental to the East Palace, but also detrimental to the future of the grandson himself.
With tears in her eyes, she said: "You can take a break ahead. Walk a few more steps. Lean on me and walk slowly."
"……good."
"Let me hold it." Dong Gong turned around and stretched out his hand to his legitimate son.
"Father."
Marquis Nankang was not far away and frowned slightly when he saw the situation in front of him.
Of course he hopes that Song Liangdi will have a legitimate son of his own who will replace his grandson in the future. But that's not possible right now.
According to the etiquette of the East Palace, it was necessary to mourn the wife for one year. During this year, she could not have sex, so Liangdi would have no children. The East Palace only had one son, and being childless would also be detrimental to the throne.
It would be better for my grandson to grow up in peace for a few more years.
Song Chengming looked at Liancheng outside the row of princes. Liancheng understood and made a gesture to the outside.
The outer layer is crowded with people from the Yulin Guards of the East Palace, and the outer layer is full of Jinyi Guards. The person accompanying today is Su Jintian, a member of the Qiantian Gate.
He saw the signal while sitting on the horse, turned his head and ordered: "Go and tell Xiao Qiao to find the place arranged by Madam Qing on the road, and prepare your grandson to rest. I think he fell on his leg and will get frostbite. Be prepared.
Royal physician."
"The imperial doctor is twenty miles away. I didn't expect such heavy snow." Shen Shuangtian looked at the weather and said, "Chen Baihu has gone ahead."
"You young lady, I asked her to go out for a drink in the winter, but she couldn't even move. She said she wanted to keep in good health, and she also said she wanted to quit drinking." Su Jintian shook his head, "She is so afraid of illness and death, how can she not tie up a doctor to follow her? ?”
Shen Shuangtian held back his laughter and led the horse to another road, then got on the horse and galloped away.
Lou Shuluan, wearing a fox robe and a large cloak, was in the procession of Dukes and Lords.
She was pregnant, and her complexion was getting worse in the cold winter. Mother Chen said anxiously: "Madam, I don't feel well."
"It's okay." She smiled bitterly.
She planned to go back five miles halfway. No one blamed her.
She didn't have to come.
But because she was the companion of the Crown Princess of the East Palace, and in order to make Song Liangdi look good, she insisted on coming to give him a gift.
After all, the old lady was old, so Song Liangdi begged the East Palace not to let the old lady follow her spirit.
"It's too late to go back. We'll be there soon." Mother Chen was anxious and could only comfort her.
In fact, the place where the steward of the Hou Mansion arranged things was still far away. It was freezing cold and it was inconvenient to set up tents.
Fortunately, Mother Chen and Cao Xiwan were on good terms, so of course she knew where Cao Xiwan was vying for.
Of the forty-five miles of land, she grabbed twelve places, one of which was three or four miles away, and the nearest one was a small earth temple.
Just beside the official road.
Mother Chen didn't dare to delay, so she watched in the wind and snow. The second manager, Lian Er, asked someone to prepare an empty car to follow.
But now it's snowy and windy, and there are so many people that we can't see where the carriages and horses are.
"Mom, I have a stomachache."
"Mrs--!"
Mother Chen was so anxious that she broke into a cold sweat. Just as she asked Mrs. An Guogong who was traveling with her for help, she saw a man in brocade clothes on horseback on the roadside, who was clearly Song Weiren.
"Sixth Young Master!" Mother Chen was overjoyed. Seeing that Mrs. Marquis Nankang was feeling unwell, several of the ladies who were accompanying her also helped her to the side of the road. Song Weiren quickly turned around and waved, calling the accompanying Qingweizi cart to pick him up.
"Master Marquis asked me to say that if Third Aunt is not well, she should take a car back."
"I'm afraid it will get colder when I go back. My wife is feeling cold and needs to take shelter from the wind and snow."
"Okay, let's take a rest in front. Sister Wan is warming up over the fire and boiling water. We have everything."
Mother Chen was overjoyed: "Madam, get in the car quickly."
Song Weiren was surprised when he saw that Lou Shuluan's face was really bad. He quickly took off his fur cloak and spread it in the car. When he saw that she was lying down, he asked Mother Chen to sit in. He lowered the curtain and pulled the carriage with his own hands. He turned around and said: "We'll be there soon. The hot water and braziers are all ready. There's an imperial doctor here. Madam Cao invited us."
Although he didn't have time to go in and take a look, he drove back to meet him. He didn't know who the imperial doctor was.